Sights and Sounds from the 2012 Tewaaraton Award Ceremony

Some of the biggest names and personalities in lacrosse gathered in Washington D.C. Thursday night for the 2012 Tewaaraton Award ceremony. The event was held at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian and started off with a cocktail hour before a ceremony hosted by ESPN commentator Joe Beninati and CBS Sports reporter and analyst Sheehan Stanwick Burch.

U.S. Lacrosse presented two scholarships for a male and female Native American High School Player of the Year. The second Tewaaraton Legends Award, which will be annually presented to a recipient who played collegiately prior to 2001 when the first Tewaaraton Award was presented, whose performance during their college years would have earned them a Tewaaraton Award had the award existed when they played, was given to former Cornell great Eamon McEneaney. McEneaney led Cornell to national championships in 1976 and 1977 and received USILA Player of the Year honors as well as the Turnbull Award, given to the top attackman in college lacrosse. McEneaney was killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Hall of Fame player and coach Richie Moran was awarded the "Spirit of the Tewaaraton" Award, which is given to an individual involved in the sport who reflects the finest virtues of the game. The ceremony concluded with the presentation of this year's Tewaaraton Award winners, Katie Schwarzmann and Peter Baum. IL was there to capture all the sights.

A staple of the D.C. skyline, the Washington Monument. Zach Babo and I journeyed down to D.C. together and actually got to do a little sight-seeing because...

We were in a pedicab! That's our driver/biker. I don't think we got his name, but he kinda looks like Ben Roethlisberger. The reason for this? After driving around for an hour trying to find parking, we somehow parked way further away from where we needed to be, about two miles. With traffic being a nightmare, this seemed to be our quickest option.

Loyola's Mike Sawyer and his parents.

Stick stringing demo at the cocktail hour.

Virginia coach Dom Starsia and Richie Moran.

Stephen Berger and Jordan Hall pose with some fans.

John and Matt Danowski.

The men's finalists sign autographs.

Nice spread at the reception.

U.S. Lacrosse Native American High School Player of the Year Scholarship Award winners.